Saturday, October 17, 2015

October 6, 2015 - Old Town, FL & Chiefland, FL

While Erwin was away Edith took Gracie out for a ride on Route 349 West because she wanted Gracie to see the eagle artwork on the electronic gate.

First stop was at Jack’s Pro Tire to find out what is happening.They had just taken off the first tire, so that will take maybe more than 3 hours to finish 6 tires altogether.

Edith and Gracie really enjoyed spending time together. We saw horses, cattle egrets, domestic turkeys, etc. Gracie was impressed with the eagle artwork. The sun was behind our backs and that was a perfect opporunity to take pictures.

It was around 4 pm when Erwin came back with our LH. New tires and they should be good for 5-6 years if nothing else happens to them.

New Tires

Tire shavings

The reason for shaving the tires is to make them perfectly round and then you will have a much smoother ride. The wheels will stay on the road as opposed to bouncing up and down if the tires are not perfectly round. You can see in the video below that the shaver touches the tire on one side and nothing on the other and in the end it touches the whole tire. This makes the tires last 17% longer because the tires are balanced and trued, even though there has been some tire material removed! After having this done, the LH drove much smoother! Well worth doing this but sadly very few tire places are doing this! This place is going to be our tire store from now on (except if we have emergency blow out).

About Me

Erwin was born in Minnesota, went to/graduated from Minn Deaf School. Spent 11 years working for General Electric before he decided to become a welder.
Edith was born in Florida. Went to/graduated from FL School for the Deaf. Graduated with B.S. in Home Economics from Gallaudet College (now University).
Worked as a management analyst for Dept of Agriculture, retired after 31 years of service. Moved back to FL in 2004. Sold our house in 2016 to start RVing full-time.